Walking away towards the future

Ruth Davis

When around 800 members of civil society walked out of the Warsaw climate conference on Thursday, observers asked ‘Why?’ And ‘Why now?’ What made this meeting different from all the others - and what did we hope to achieve?
For some, the answer wi...

UN Climate Conference - Warsaw, Poland11 - 22 November 2013

Climate change is accelerating without restraint – this is the key message of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. Between November 11th to 22nd, 2013, Greenpeace joins the international community in Warsaw to make a plan towards signing a new international climate agreement in two years' time.

Roadmap to a successful Climate Agreement 2015

Warsaw has to lay the foundation for a fair, ambitious and legally-binding agreement in 2015 which transforms how people in all countries use energy. Governments must also commit to doing more to reduce emissions prior to 2020. This is in order to ensure that the world can still stay as far below 2°C as possible. Specifically, governments must:

Doha was my first time at a UN climate conference and not sure of what to expect, I was immediately reminded of what was at stake when 'super typhoon' Bopha crashed into the Philippines – a type of storm we may see more of if we do...

Doha, December 8, 2012 - Greenpeace condemned politicians today following the failure of the UN Climate talks in Doha. While they agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, it was judged so full of loopholes as to have little or...

While world leaders struggle at UN talks in Doha to agree on measures to halt climate change, governments at home are facing difficult decisions on the austerity measures needed to tackle the current economic crisis.
It might appear...

My head is in Doha, but my body is not. My inbox is overflowing even more than usual, as rumors picked up in the vast corridors of the Qatar Convention Centre are spread around electronically. The acronyms alone make it easy to make...